Nose guard for



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. EOCLESTON AND LYMAN SIBLEY, OF SOUTHBRIDGE,

. MASSACHUSETTS.

NOSE-GUARD FOR SPECTACL ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,541, dated December27, 1887.

' Application filed June 22, 1887. Serial No.242,116. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. EooLEs- TON and LYMAN E. SIBLEY, both ofSouthbridge, county \lorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImproved Nose-Guard for Spectacles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention consists in a band or plate adapted to be-bent flatwise toconform to the curve of the spectacle-bridge, to which it is to beattached, and provided with the lugs or arms, hereinafter particularlydescribed, extending transversely of the band or plate at each endthereof and integral therewith, whereby the band or plate may be readilyattached to any spectacle-bridge to which it is adjusted; and ourinvention consists, further, in the said band having the describedtransverse attaching-lugs and provided with a slot in which may beseated a cushion adapted to project beyond the band and to be interposedbetween the band'and the nose of the wearer of the spectacles, all'ashereinafter particularly set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan of our improved guard plate or band. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the same, showing the plate slotted to receive acushion. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central section of ourimproved plate orband, with a cushion seated in the slot thereof. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of our improved'cushioned band, showing it attached to aspectacle-bridge, with the plate and its cushion on the under side ofthe bridge. Fig. 5 is a plan of a modified form of our plate orband, andFig. 6 is a side elevation of said modified plate or band attached to aspectacle-bridge so that it is located on the rearward side of thebridge.

A is our improved guard plate or band, composed of a strip or piece ofthin fiat metal and desirably somewhat wider at its middle than at itsextremities. This plate or band is adapted as to length to fit to theunder side of a spectacle-bridge, 0, when said band is bent or curvedflatwise, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The band is provided with the lugsor ears a,

projecting transversely of the band at the ex tremities thereof, andthese lugs or cars a are in the form shown in Fig. 1'-'namely, as flatform a tubular closed joint around the spectacle-bridge, as shown inFig. 4.

The plate or band thus constituted may be struck in a die, or otherwisecut from a sheet of thin metal, as a blank having the band-body A andthe end ears or lugs, a, as described. The band thus formed may bereadily curved fiatwise to adjust its curve to the shape of aspectacle-bridge, and may then be conveniently attached to the underside of the bridge by means of the flat, transverse, and flexible ears(1, and its comparatively wide and flat under face will then form a seator bearing for the bridge upon the nose of the wearer, which, owing tothe breadth of its bearing-surface, will not be liable to causediscomfort and irritation to the nose, as is frequently the case whenthe narrow wire constituting the spectacle-bridge itself rests directlyupon the nose.

In further carrying out our invention we find it desirable to form theplate A-with the slot at, extending preferably longitudinally oftheplate, as shown. This slot may be formed in the blank constituting theplate at the time the plate is struck or cut from the sheet metal.

Bis a cushion, preferably of some elastic material-such as cork-which isattached to the under face of the plate A by being seated in the slot atherein. This may be accomplished by making the-cork strip of slightlygreater length and width than the length and width of the .slot a andthen forcing the cork strip partially through the slot flatwise. A partof the thickness of the strip will thus project beyond the upper'face ofthe plate, the face of the oppos'ite side of the strip lying along theunder face of the plate and constituting a cushion thereon, and theedges of the slot a indenting into and gripping the edges of the corkstrip ICO and holding the cushion firmly to its seat on the plate. Thecushioned plate may now be secured to the spectacle-bridge, as shown inFig. 4.

The plate A thus far described is adapted to be attached to the underside of the spectacle-bridge to form a bearing-surface for the nose ofthe wearer. In Fig. 5 is shown a modification of our plate or bandadapted to be attached to the rearward side of the bridge, so

as to furnish a bearing for the same against' the face of the wearerjust above the nose, such bearing being at times necessary or preferredby wearers of spectacles. In this modification the plate is furnishedupon its ends with the edgewise curved or bent portions or short armsa", extending both to and beyond the same edge of the plate and carryingon their extremities the clamping or fastening devices a, as shown. Bythis means the plate A may be attached to the rearward side of thebridge 0, the end portions or arms, a being turned away from that faceof the plate forming the bearing-surface and toward the edge of theplate which is opposite to that on which they project when initiallymade fiat, and the clamps 0. thus brought to the bridge 0, being foldedaround the wire constituting the same, as shown in Fig. 6. The plate maythus be attached, in the position indicated, upon the bridge of anyspectacles and constitute the bearing described.

The plate shown in Fig. 5 may be struck or cut as a blank from a sheetof metal, the portions a and lugs a being integral with it, and it maybe furnished with the slot a for the seating of an elastic cushion.

Ve are aware that nose-guards for spectaclebridges have been heretoforemade in which a socket conforming to the bridge in curvature has beenarranged to hold or clamp a cushionpiece. and hence we do not claimherein, broadly, the combination ofa socket and cushion. \Ve are alsoaware that nose-guards have been heretofore made composed of aguardplate the edges of which have been rolled over strengthening-wiresand the rolled ends of which have been continued longitudinally beyondthe ends of the plate and flattened to serve to attach the plate to thebridge. \Ve do not therefore claim, broadly, a noseguard provided withmeans for attaching it to the spectacle-bridge; but our claims hereunderare intended to define our invention as a guard plate or band providedwith the transversely-extended lugs we have described operating asattaching devices, as specified, and a guard plate or band provided withsuch described transverse attaching-lugs which is slotted longitudinallyto adapt it to receive and sustain a cushion, as set forth.

Vhat we claim as our invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a nose-guard for spectacles, the combiuation of the plate or bandA, adapted to be bent flatwise to conform to the curvature of thespectacle-bridge, and the lugs a, one upon each side edge of the band atboth ends thereof and extending fiatwise transversely therefrom andintegral with said band, as and for the purpose set forth 2. In anose-guard for spectacles, the combination of the plate or band A,adapted to be bent flatwise to conform to the curvature of thespectacle-bridge, and the lugs a, one upon each side edge of the bandintegral therewith and extending fiatwise transversely therefrom andhaving the inclined edges 64, adapted to fit to and against each otherwhen folded contiguously around the bridge, as described.

3. In a nose-guard for spectacles, the combination of the plate or bandA, adapted to be bent flatwise to conform to the curvature of thespectacle-bridge and provided with the longitudinal slot (0, the cushionB, seated in said slot, and the lugs a, one upon each side edge of theband integral therewith and extending transversely therefrom, asdescribed.

4. In a nose-guard for spectacles, the combination, with the plate A, ofthe extended ends or arms a", extending transversely to one and the sameside of the plate, and flexible lugs or cars extending transversely ofthe extremities ofsaid arms, as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. ECOLESTON. LYMAN E. SIBLEY. Witnesses:

E. M. PHILLIPS, JULIA S. SMrrir.

